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Welcome to Best Ads Ever. A celebration of the ads we love. Ads that make an impact. Ads that we would never, ever Tivo over. Hang out, have fun, but... please vote on the ads (click on the stars below the ad's title), leave your comments (no registration necessary!), and suggest new ones we don't yet have.

Okay, is it just me, or is this one unfriggin-believably emotionally impactful?

You start off not knowing what’s going on… which is exactly what draws you in further and further. And then it just packs a wallop. Now, here’s the thing… I’ve got no inside info, and don’t actually know what they spent, but… one room + no sound/no mics needed + sountrack = a great ad for what must’ve been a very reasonable budget. Great idea, great editing = didn’t need a zillion dollars worth of special effects.

The first 7 times I viewed this, I thought for sure it must be a parody. But after some research (well, a little), it looks like this was actually a real ad (and certainly the production value seems way too high for an amatuer job).

Assuming I’m right… wow, this is a riot. I can’t believe they ran it, but this is brilliant.

One of the most talked about ads of the presidential campaign… didn’t come from one of the candidates… and didn’t even run on TV. Well, paid, at least. But God knows, it showed up a zillion times in the news.

Originally an “anonymous” ad, this actually came from Phil de Vellis. I met him, actually, to chat about this. Good guy, funny as hell, and… he did this alone on his own computer. How cool is that?

This is very clever. From the good folks at Two Trick Pony. They apparently made this on spec for Amazon.com. And I must say, if I were Amazon.com, I’d definitely run this. It really drives home the value proposition of the Kindle, and… well, it’s fun and funny!

This is a riot. Conan is funny as hell, and the timing — synced up with all the marketing for the launch of his new show — is very smart. And it has you wondering the whole time what the heck is going on… which means you pay attention… which is very, very good for advertisers.